I wish I could say buyers were smarter about things they can't see, but it's not usually the case.Water filtration, great example of something that is nice, but likely to be undervalued by a retail buyer.Note: Anyone on the forums can provide a contradictory story.

I'm looking to meet people in the area that are in this business network with and who are open to bounce ideas off of.Additionally I'm looking for methods and guidance from others on how I can locate "quality" rental properties without paying retail rates.  

If Wholetailing, then you would close on the property and list it in MLS, etc and try to sell to retail buyer who wants a property needing a little TLC.If the property is a good candidate for Wholetailing (good price, little to no rehab), and you have the funds to close on the property, then don't sweat it, just close and then market to the highest bidder.

@John Thedford  what @Lian Shi  is attempting to do is to get a second loan from a private lender.. the new term that many use in the industry is a GAP lender. 

She did throw a number out there but it was close close to retail. 

Honestly finding this website/community, reading the blogs, and reading the books gave me everything I needed to jump full force into this industry.

Is there a good community on this site of investors that do office, retail & industrial investments? 

My Bachelor's Degree from the University of Utah is in Finance-Real Estate, and so it only made sense to get back into.I focus on residential real estate on the retail side helping clients buy and sell homes.

With a strong tech sector, plenty of foreign investments, and a diverse industry overall, demand for the city of Seattle is likely to be second to none in 2016.Seattle has been in a solid upward trend since 2012 and is likely to continue its ascent.

Purely investment property mixed retail/residential, bought in October 2015, buyer off market offer on property recently with sale price that would trigger ideal 1031exchange.